Fresh Watermelon Mozzarella Salad is a delicious way to enjoy the freshest ingredients summer has to offer.
While watermelon season comes to an end. I'm celebrating one of my favorite summer fruits by giving you a recipe for a Fresh Watermelon Mozzarella Salad. It's cut into an inch thick slab and topped with slices of fresh mozzarella. Finished with watercress, basil leaves, lime juice, and flaky sea salt. The salad is surrounded with balsamic glaze, olive oil and pine nuts. The inspiration for this salad is from Katie's Pizza and Pasta.
I've mention Katie's Pizza and Pasta many times as it is one of my favorite restaurants. Burrata, Prosciutto, and Peaches Plate and Crenshaw Melon, Prosciutto & Burrata are two recipes also inspired by dishes I've eaten from there. Every summer they have a watermelon salad on their menu and every time it's slightly different from the previous year. This year, their watermelon salad has marinated cucumber, blueberries, feta, a handful of fresh herbs, pine buts, and aged balsamic.
My Fresh Watermelon Mozzarella Salad is similar to their version from a few years ago. Except I use mozzarella instead of feta. I personally like the creaminess compared to the strong flavor of feta. I also use add in lime juice to add acid to the dish, olive oil as another source of fat, and balsamic glaze instead of balsamic vinegar. The glaze is sweet and tangy. Compared to balsamic vinegar which is sharper in flavor. Watercress gives the salad spice and pepperiness. Pine nuts a buttery crunch. Finally, basil gives the salad a robust pungent flavor with a bit of peppery and a touch of anise flavor.
How to Make Fresh Watermelon Mozzarella Salad
- Cut an 8 oz mozzarella ball into 10 slices. Cut 1 lime into ¼ quarters. Set aside.
- On one plate, set one watermelon slab down. On top, add ½ of the mozzarella slices. Then, add on roughly ½ cup of watercress and 3 basil leaves. Drizzle balsamic glaze and olive oil around the plate (add more on top of salad if you desire). Top with 1 tablespoon of pine buts. Generously sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Place 2 lime wedges on the side. Repeat with the other watermelon slice.
- Squeeze lime on top of the salad and enjoy immediately.
Fresh Watermelon Mozzarella Salad
Ingredients
- 2 seedless watermelon slabs* cut 1 inch thick
- 8 oz mozzarella ball
- 1 lime
- 1 cup watercress
- 6 basil leafs
- 2 tablespoon pine nuts
- balsamic glaze
- olive oil
- flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Cut an 8 oz mozzarella ball into 10 slices. Cut 1 lime into ¼ quarters. Set aside.
- On one plate, set one watermelon slab down. On top, add 5 of the mozzarella slices. Then, add on roughly ½ cup of watercress and 3 basil leaves. Drizzle balsamic glaze and olive oil around the plate (add more on top of salad if you desire). Top with 1 tablespoon of pine buts. Generously sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Place 2 lime wedges on the side.
- Repeat with the other watermelon slice. Squeeze lime on top of the salad and enjoy immediately.